About Us
Ahearn Kershman serves clients with needs in several different areas ranging from Divorce and Family Law matters to Estate Planning. We help our clients make the best decisions and represent them with integrity and honesty.
At our firm, we place a large emphasis on good communication. We believe an open and honest dialogue between attorney and client is essential to creating a good working relationship. Want to learn more about our attorneys?
John D. Kershman
John focuses his practice on Family Law litigation and Family Law Mediation. He is a member of the IACP - International Academy of Collaborative Professionals, as well as, the AMM - Association of Missouri Mediators, the APFM - Academy of Professional Family Mediators, and member of the Hague Convention Attorney Network through the U.S. Department of State. He has assisted clients in collaborative matters and mediation as well as cases involving divorce, modification, paternity, child custody, adoption, contempt, international child custody (Hague Convention), and appeals. John earned his law degree from Washington University Law School where he has been an Adjunct Professor of Law since 2007. Recently, John has been recognized for inclusion in the 31st edition of The Best Lawyers in America®.for Family Law.
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James P. Ahearn
James earned his law degree from St. Louis University School of Law which is complemented by advanced degrees in Spanish as well as Psychology. James is a Licensed Professional Counselor and is in the home stretch of earning his Ph.D. in psychology. Much as he does as a counselor, he provides a unique approach to his clients by offering perspectives from the mind of a lawyer with the heart of a counselor. The multi-lingual James offers services to his clients in addition to Family Law to include Immigration matters, landlord-tenant matters, property disputes, and business services to fellow psychology professionals, among others.
